Arts & International Affairs: Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring 2020 | Page 10

THE AESTHETICS OF A MOVEABLE BORDER:
MURALISM AND CONTROL OF SPACE IN THE
U.S.–MEXICO BORDERLANDS
DAVID TOOHEY
Nagoya University
ARTS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS • 4.3 • WINTER 2020
David Toohey, Ph.D., is a designated associate professor at the Institute for
Liberal Arts and Sciences at Nagoya University who researches how land
loss impacts people in the U.S. Southwest who trace their ancestry from or
immigrated from Mexico and Central America. This research focuses on both
rural and urban environments. His book, Borderlands Media: Cinema and
Literature as Opposition to the Oppression of Immigrants (Lexington
Books: 2012), explored their transformation of film as a medium of stereotypes
into anti-racist cinema.
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